[nmglug] lossless ripping?

[J. Marsden DeLapp]

Mark Galassi wrote:
> These days I think drives are big enough that I can rip CDs with a
> lossless format instead of high bitrate ogg or mp3.
> 
> I'm trying to figure out how I should do this.  I guess I'm looking
> for a format that:
> 
> * is lossless
> 
> * is well supported by applications like grip (I don't mind switching
>   to another free s/w ripper)
> 
> * has a convenient way to re-burn a full CD from it
> 
> Does anyone have the scoop on this issue and advice to give me?

You might just copy the files as wav files to your hard drive.

Or if you want flac,

apt-get install flac
You can use grip to rip and encode flac files, no need to change to something
else unless you want to.

I use Sound Juicer for ripping. I have also used KAudioCreator. Both seem to
work about the same.

Testing using a sample track results in the following file sizes:
.ogg 	9.1 MB
.flac	55.3 MB
.wav	79.8 MB

Most of my collection is in ogg and some mp3. I find it very easy to burn CDs
starting from a playlist in Amarok. Amarok needs K3B installed to actually do
the burning. The ogg or mp3 files are converted back to wav before burning an
audio CD. I can't hear and degradation in sound quality on the burned audio CDs.

You should try Amarok. It has way more features than grip. I particularly like 
the context tab were you can get album information, lyrics and wikipedia 
information on the artist.

Mars

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